One day we must
come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but
that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue
peaceful ends through peaceful means.
--Martin Luther King Jr.
http://madisonhours.org/
Madison HOURS are community currency, issued by the people of
the Madison area to increase their local money supply. Because
they remain local, HOURS enhance and strengthen the economy
by employing a local person each time they circulate, without
ever draining away to distant parts of the country or world.
http://www.threadcity.com/threadcitybread.shtml
Thread City Bread is the name of the Willimantic area's local
currency. Local currency is a special type of money that's issued
and used only in one community or area. In circulation since
the summer of 1997
http://letsring.tripod.com/
The LETS webring is intended for all sites related to Local
Exchange Trading Systems -- theoretical resources, homepages
of local groups, indexes, discussions... It may also include
multilingual sites (SEL,...) and sites related to other types
of exchange trade, such as Barter and Hours.
http://www.geonewsletter.org/
GEO (Grassroots Economic Organizing) Newsletter is a bimonthly
publication that reports on worker cooperatives and community-based
economies in the U.S. and World wide, and their development
through local cooperative action.
http://www.angelfire.com/ar2/womanshare/resource.html
This Woman Share Resource site has a lot of excellent links.
Woman Share is part of a worldwide movement that is creating
new ways of living together based on people's real needs.
http://ccdev.lets.net/
Community Exchange Systems in Asia, Africa and Latin AmericaCommunity
Exchange Systems are community-based sharing systems which foster
mutual aid, reciprocation, self-reliance, local production,
economic justice and
the right to a free means of exchange in order to foster the
meeting of needs,
cultural revitalization, socio-economic harmony and rural reconstruction.
http://www.coopamerica.org/
Co-op America, a national nonprofit organization founded in
1982, provides the economic strategies, organizing power and
practical tools for businesses and individuals to address today's
social and environmental problems. While many environmental
organizations choose to fight important political and legal
battles, Co-op America is the leading force in educating and
empowering our nation's people and businesses to make significant
improvements through the economic system.
http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/ijccr/
International Journal of Community Currency Research. The aim
of this journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination
of knowledge and understanding about the emerging array of community
currencies being used throughout the world both at present and
in the past.
http://www.gn.apc.org/
Established in 1986, GreenNet is a not for profit collective,
dedicated to supporting and promoting groups and individuals
working for peace, human rights and the environment through
the use of information and communication technologies.
Imagine all the
people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not
the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live
as one.
--John Lennon